The Best role

Hi, rabi-chan (is it o.k.)?

Sorry, but I didn’t quite understand what you meant when you wrote:

rabi wrote:

“And I think that the reason is because I can understand the meaning of the name than a European person. Otherwise I think that I am not learning.”

Could you explain?

I never called “Three Kingdoms” a dull or a bad book. It’s kind of exotic for me, though I should say that Tang Dynasty poetry, Su Shi, Pú Sōnglíng, Lao She, Feng Jicai (what a writer!!!), Shan Sa (oh, I know she’s writing in French), Lu Jiamin (why it took his character so long to understand that a wolf wouldn’t bend to HIS rules? It’s on the surface! But the book’s nice), Can Xue, Da Chen were much easier (though as exotic in their manner of perceiving the world), and I liked them a lot. I think now I’d better reread the Three Kingdoms.

Rabi-chan, how lucky you are! You have snow! It’s a topsy-turvy world, isn’t it? There’s snow in Japan and you think it’s a bit too much, I here in Russia (of all places!) am sitting and pining and longing for snow. It’s December – and not a snowflake where I live. +5+8 C, green grass growing, even live flies buzzing by! Oh, no! I’m afraid it’s difficult to explain, but I long for the smell of snow, for the white shroud that covers everything when the first snow falls, for the slight frost (-5-8 C), for children tobogganing, for receiving a snowball in the back from the children you’re passing by, for falling flat on my back in the soft and pure snow just to feel its touch. In short, I’m feeling as tormented as the poor bear in our local zoo that can’t go to sleep because it’s too hot. (Not all Russia is that hot though – in Yakutia -50 C and a lot of snow as usual, we here should have approximately -5-14 C in December, but alas!)

Admin, sorry for off topic.

Hi Ognyana-chan

Ognyana wrote:

Hi, rabi-chan (is it o.k.)?

Yes! thank you~^^

Ognyana wrote:

There were several reasons for that - endless names that you seem unable either to understand or to memorize for that reason (as European names don't mean a thing to Asians I'm sure) and sort out who's who, a lot of characters, an unusual style of storytelling (at least for many a European), events that don't ring any bell for most Europeans - the book resembled a maze.

When I compared it with a European because Oriental culture could understand it (for example, a Chinese foreign student lives in my home for one month, and I traveled many times in China), "Three Kingdoms" was able to understand it easily. I wanted to say in this way.

Yes, the "Three Kingdoms" 's book is splendid.

Admin, sorry for off topic, me too.

Hello, Ognyana, rabi-chan (it's oke, welcome )
Are you discuss about basis of "Red Clif"?

Hi, rabi-chan,

Your post about the snow was kind of a lucky charm - today we had the first snowfall. Anyway, the winter here is a MONTH late. I hope the weather sets itself right in your place, too.

Omkasia - yes, we're talking about the book. Can send you the Russian text via e-mail, if you want.

By the way, stumbled in the Internet upon an article that says that "Warlords" was named the best Asian film of 2007 and that the Golden Horse Award for acting went to Jet Li for the role in this film. I might be mistaken, but my belief is that for this particular film the award should have gone to TK (though Jet Li certainly deserves heaps of awards, but just not this time. ). Anyway, it's only a personal opinion.

Ognyana, I will very glad
But I hope it's not very thick book